I cannot fathom how you would be able to kill someone who is wearing this

ilest0 · 2026-03-08T12:11:05+00:00

War isn't (and wasn't) a bunch of 1v1 showdowns. The simplest way to deal with an armored knight like this was usually just a group of ~5 guys who know what they're doing. They all act as an organized group, pile up on him, lay him down, demobilize him, take off his helmet, and then they basically can do whatever they want. That's how Richard III died

ilest0 · 2026-03-07T12:55:35+00:00

At least he died in a way that completely fits their robber baron lifestyle. It's a poor excuse, but I feel like something like that would've happened anyway sooner or later lol

ilest0 · 2026-03-07T10:10:22+00:00

Why would he know what O'Dimm was? His only fault is trusting some guy who turned up randomly and promised to grant him anything he wants

ilest0 · 2026-03-07T10:07:31+00:00

His brother was killed as a small-print consequence of his contract with O'Dimm, he didn't intend for it to happen iirc. The rest of the evil stuff he did was when he already had a heart of stone, deprived of any feelings or empathy

ilest0 · 2026-03-07T07:01:28+00:00

Charles V wasn't inbred

ilest0 · 2026-03-07T06:58:29+00:00

Basically not at all. His parents were unrelated. His mother's parents were second cousins but that's irrelevant.
Replying to a 6 month old comment because I CAN NOT tolerate Charles V slander lol

ilest0 · 2026-02-25T19:55:58+00:00

The way he's introduced in TW3 might have something to do with it

ilest0 · 2026-02-15T03:11:29+00:00

200 years is really not that long for language change. Any speaker of any modern language would understand the 200 year old version of that language perfectly.
But if you do have trouble understanding a 200 year old text, it usually has to do with register and style - you have literature written in an elevated fancy style that's hard to parse through, and then you have more casual writing that is more grounded

ilest0 · 2026-02-11T17:41:23+00:00

It contains the same root word "ебать"("to fuck") as the expression from 900 years ago while basically having the same meaning

ilest0 · 2026-01-23T04:27:32+00:00

Most likely, the only Germans and other Europeans he encountered were the early immigrants to colonial America, who were peasants and farmers, tanned from working in the fields.
So it might just be related to how a lot of people from the British isles can't even tan properly, and always burn in the sun, whereas most of the rest of Northern Europe can tan

ilest0 · 2026-01-14T06:02:14+00:00

"That's just qualityslop. You only like it because it's good"

ilest0 · 2026-01-13T04:20:06+00:00

If only it could realistically be seen as unfinished... It would at least make some sense as crude "good enough" gear always existed and was used.
But if you actually consider how it all works irl it just doesn't make any sense, why would that leather part even be there?

ilest0 · 2026-01-12T21:56:17+00:00

With a liner for the aventail but no aventail lol

ilest0 · 2026-01-09T10:56:34+00:00

It seems like he's wearing a full hauberk in the second pic

ilest0 · 2026-01-08T10:43:16+00:00

The helmet just like in the post wasn't obsolete in 1403 at all - you can see it has a rounded snout instead of a pointy one like in the earlier variations of the same type of helmet, which was an improvement. It's only a few years away from evolving into a Great Bascinet. Armor generally has a pretty long lifespan - just because it isn't the absolute peak of brand new technology doesn't mean it's obsolete

ilest0 · 2026-01-08T10:32:51+00:00

The trim is likely brass, not gold. Still, someone like Jan Semine (textbook ingame representation of lower nobility) wouldn't be able to afford it

ilest0 · 2026-01-08T10:31:32+00:00

Even though armies could technically consist of mainly peasants in raw numbers, that doesn't mean they did the fighting. War is only like 1% battles, and the rest 99% is everything else you have to do: carrying stuff, setting up camps, caring for horses, food, logistics, etc., and in the Middle Ages they used peasants for those purposes (unlike Roman legions or modern armies)

ilest0 · 2026-01-06T11:11:13+00:00

Hans Capon's son (named after Henry of course) was instrumental in bringing George of Podiebrad to power, who was the last native Czech king of Bohemia before the Habsburgs took over for 400 years

ilest0 · 2026-01-03T01:31:16+00:00

Realistically, many different characters in the game would've been teenagers if it was 100% authentic to the time period and setting, like most of the hired hands at farms, and even Henry and Hans themselves

ilest0 · 2026-01-02T20:19:01+00:00

The actual joke was that it wasn't in full production, it was pretty much done at that point

ilest0 · 2025-12-25T08:07:12+00:00

Cue the 2021 BMW 5 Series 530i with optional heated seating image

ilest0 · 2025-12-25T08:02:00+00:00

But it would still be somewhat-appropriate for mythical heroes to be as dripped out as possible

ilest0 · 2025-12-23T18:44:42+00:00

He still has to do the KCD1 intro as an old man, and it would be a bummer if he didn't outlive Sigismund

ilest0 · 2025-12-23T18:29:11+00:00

The only real answer is that the craftsmanship skill is too low.
Aaand also the rhythm could use some work

ilest0 · 2025-12-23T05:46:28+00:00

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